How common is the surname Becker?

87,859 people in the United States had the surname Becker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,514 Americans. It ranked 357th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Becker?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Becker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Becker?

Alisson Becker, Brazilian association football player, followed by Gary S. Becker.

Where is the surname Becker most common?

Wikidata records people named Becker in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Becker?

Becker is /ˈbɛkɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Becker getting more or less common?

Less common. 88,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 87,859 in 2010, down 0.3%.

What are other spellings of Becker?

Baecker, Beck, Becke and Beckert.

Is Becker also a first name?

Yes. Becker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Becker

A Norse place surname, carried by 87,859 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛkɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Becker is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

An English habitational surname from Old Norse from Old Norse bekkr (“brook”).

Becker is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 87,859 people named Becker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,514 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 88,114.

#357

rank among US surnames

87,859

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #315)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#348	Watts	89,649	3,444
#349	Duran	89,401	3,453
#350	Walters	89,376	3,454
#351	Cohen	89,091	3,466
#352	McDaniel	88,728	3,480
#353	Moran	88,615	3,484
#354	Parks	88,586	3,485

Who is named Becker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Becker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beckers

38 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alisson Becker
Brazilian association football player, born 1992
Gary S. Becker
American economist (1930-2014)
Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer, born 1969
Howard S. Becker
American sociologist (1928–2023)
Walter Becker
American musician, songwriter, and record producer (1950–2017)
Lydia Becker
British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)
Harold Becker
American film director and producer, born 1928
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
American diver (1903-1989)
Alan Becker
American animator, actor and voice actor, born 1989
Ernest Becker
American cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)
Bowe Becker
American swimmer, born 1997
Nicole Becker
Argentine youth climate activist, born 2001

Notable Beckers come mostly from the United States (28), Brazil (5) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Baecker
Beck
Becke
Beckert

Surnames that sound like Becker

Becker has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Becker come from?: Becker is Norse in origin.
How common is the surname Becker?: 87,859 people in the United States had the surname Becker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,514 Americans. It ranked 357th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Becker?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Becker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Becker?: Alisson Becker, Brazilian association football player, followed by Gary S. Becker.
Where is the surname Becker most common?: Wikidata records people named Becker in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Becker?: Becker is /ˈbɛkɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Becker?: Becker is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Becker getting more or less common?: Less common. 88,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 87,859 in 2010, down 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Becker?: Baecker, Beck, Becke and Beckert.
Is Becker also a first name?: Yes. Becker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.